What type of virus is activated at a specific time?
What is a Bomb
100
A software that looks through a computers hard drive to find and remove viruses.
What is an antivirus
100
Short for system operator
What is a SYSOP
100
The illegal use of the computer
What is Piracy
100
Persons who illegally enter computer systems often for the
purpose of obtaining information and/or to cause damage;
hacking is gaining illegal access into a computer, similar
to breaking and entering into a building or home
What is a Hacker
200
What is a virus that can copy itself over and over until it shuts donw the system?
What is a Worm
200
What is a backup
Allowing one copy of software, in case something happens to the original.
200
An organization’s written document that states:
network security, computer property, employee rights and expectations; determines the limits of acceptable behavior and the response to violations
What is Security Policy
200
Using someone else’s ideas as your own; not citing
sources when using copyrighted material in a document or etc.
What is Plaigarism
200
A person who breaks into a computer system and leaves
a calling card that the system has been compromised;
no harm is usually done to the system
What is a Cracker
300
What is virus that can disguise itself as a useful function that can help you but really harms you?
What is a Trojan Horse
300
Safe, responsible use of a computer
What is computer ethics
300
The act of protecting your data with current
anti-viral software, backing up data regularly, changing passwords often, and logging off between uses
What are Security Measures
300
The illegal duplication of copyrighted software
What is Software Piracy
300
A term that means the electronic world of the Internet
What is Cyberspace
400
What is a virus that can stay in cyberspace and can intercept messages that contain specific keywords or phrases?
What is a Sniffer
400
An understanding of computer terms and principles of computer processing
What is Computer Literacy
400
Permission to use software within a specific facility, such
as your school
What is Site License
400
Software distributed free of charge on a trial basis; if
you use it and like it, you pay for it; software usage may expire after the trial period date and is not allowed again until the software fee is paid
What is Shareware
400
A computer program that attaches to a file and spreads from one
computer to another – potential sources of viruses include downloading files from the Internet or a portable storage device or opening email
attachments
What is a Virus
500
Internet fraud that aims to steal valuable information such as social securtiy numbers and passwords.
What is Phising
500
Scrambling text so that only the sender and receiver can read the data
What is Encryption
500
Software that allows the user to block junk mail
What is Spam Blocker
500
Software that is not copyrighted and is
freely distributed and copied, free for anyone to use
What is Public Domain Software
500
Transferring data (files) from a remote computer to a
location on the user’s local computer